{"id":410341,"date":"2022-01-29T05:42:47","date_gmt":"2022-01-29T05:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=410341"},"modified":"2022-01-29T05:42:47","modified_gmt":"2022-01-29T05:42:47","slug":"ukraine-crisis-russian-attack-would-be-horrific-us-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/ukraine-crisis-russian-attack-would-be-horrific-us-warns\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine crisis: Russian attack would be ‘horrific’, US warns"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Top US General Mark Milley has said that a Russian invasion of Ukraine would be “horrific” and would lead to a significant number of casualties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Gen Milley described the build-up of 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine’s border as the largest since the Cold War.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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But US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said conflict could still be avoided through the use of diplomacy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Russia denies plans to invade and says US support for Ukraine is a threat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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At a news conference at the Pentagon on Friday, Gen Milley – US President Joe Biden’s most senior military officer – warned that the scale of Russia’s forces near its border with Ukraine meant an attack would have severe consequences.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“If that was unleashed on Ukraine, it would be significant, very significant, and it would result in a significant amount of casualties,” said the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff.<\/p>\n

Fighting in dense urban areas would be “horrific, it would be terrible”, Gen Milley added.<\/p>\n

Source: BBC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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